Cartoon Pick of the Week

Bloghorn spotted this great work during this week ending the 20th March 2009. One: Christian Adams in The Daily Telegraph on banking on the polar ice-caps Two: William Haefeli in The New Yorker on pop-cultural references Three: Tim Bales in Prospect on Alcoholics Eponymous The PCO: Great British cartoon talent Subscribe to The Foghorn – […]

Making fat jokes about politicians

Christian Adams at the Telegraph writes on the challenges of drawing the prime minister and the newspaper’s leader column offers another thought in response. Other papers picked up Christian’s story with Dave Brown of The Independent chipping in here and Martin Rowson popping up on BBC Breakfast.

Bloghorn's Christmas Pick of the Week

The festive season is upon us, so this week Bloghorn has a bulging sack full of Christmas themed cartoons… One: Simon Bond in Private Eye: ‘City Christmas Tree 2008’ Two: From Tony Holland in the Spectator, the credit crunch hits the Twelve Days of Christmas Three: Christmas tree dressing at Number 10 for Peter Brookes […]

Cartoon Pick of the Week

Bloghorn spotted this great work this week … One: Nick Newman in the Spectator on Ross and Brand Two: Christian Adams in the Telegraph: Peter Mandelson – three strikes … Three: Royston Robertson in Reader’s Digest: No man is an island Week ending 31st October 2008 The PCO: British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional […]

Cartoon Pick of the Week

Bloghorn spotted this great work this week … One: Patrick Blower for LiveDraw on Sir Ian Blair’s resignation (note: Flash file) Two: Paul Wood in the Spectator on preparations for the 2012 Olympics Three: Christian Adams in the Telegraph on Mandelson’s return Week ending 10th October 2008 The PCO: British cartoon talent From the PCO […]

The Big Draw 2008

The National Campaign for Drawing‘s annual event, The Big Draw, is upon us again. And PCO members will be working at this weekend’s opening events for the month-long festival. Much of this weekend’s activity will be taking place at University College in central London (UCL). There is an enormous range of activity for the opening […]

Beano is too PC, says former editor

Beano characters in action (Copyright DC Thomson) Euan Kerr, former editor of The Beano, tells the Daily Telegraph today that he was asked to tone down many characters during his time at the head of the comic. Political correctness, he says, is ruining the Beano and the Dandy. Amazingly, he had to stop Dennis the […]

Bloghorn's Cartoon Pick of the Week

Bloghorn spotted this great work this week… One: Kipper Williams in the Spectator on unpleasant aircraft problems Two: Daley in The Daily Telegraph on Barack Obama Three: Morten Morland in The Times onthe end of the Olympics It’s British cartoon talent From the PCO (Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation)